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Summer Tasty Treats

Check out these books for Summer for kids of all ages! 

Book for Babies

Cover of Splash!
Leslie
Patricelli

Pack a beach bag and join Baby for that quintessential summer activity: a day at the seashore. With a new little pal in tow, it's time to put on sunscreen (rubby, rubby), set up the umbrella (ouch, this sand is hot!), splash in the waves (run away from the big ones!), and build a sandcastle (extra hands help!). And don't forget ice cream! Thankfully, there's a shower for rinsing off that sandy, sticky stuff. There's so much to do and see that it might be a challenge to get these babies back home!

Cover of Go vote baby!
Nancy
Lambert
Anne Paschier

A fun, sturdy novelty board book with 13 sliding doors! Toddlers will love casting their vote as they "slide-and-vote" in everyday situations like striped or polka dot socks in the morning, vanilla or chocolate ice cream at snack time, and many more exciting choices every kid faces throughout the day. This sturdy board book is a great way to encourage toddlers to always cast their votes, despite how ordinary or tiny the decision may seem!

Cover of Summertime
Jane
Foster

From sweet ice cream to beautiful sandcastles, this is a vibrant introduction to the sights of summertime from leading illustrator and designer Jane Foster.

Cover of Find the Triangle
Britta
Teckentrup

With simple, fun text, this colorful board book introduces preschoolers to shapes. A helpful "picture list" on every spread includes each new item with the featured shape, making it easy for small children to grasp the concept. Sails that snap, snow-filled peaks rising high, and scales on a roaring dinosaur: what do they have in common? They all make triangles! From ice cream cones to a dinosaur's scales, discover the many places where you'll find this shape.

Books for Toddlers

Cover of Ice Cream Face
Heidi
Woodward Sheffield

A little boy experiences a variety of different emotions while he waits in line for ice cream, his favorite food.

Cover of Maisy Makes Lemonade
Lucy
Cousins

On a hot day, Maisy the mouse and Eddie the elephant make lemonade and enjoy it together.

Cover of Yum! Yuck!
Linda Sue
Park
Sue Ramá

At a busy street market, kids eating ice cream exclaim, "Yum!" in English, "Geshmak!" in Yiddish, and "Nam-nam!" in Danish. But disaster strikes when a little dog overturns a spice cart, showering pepper on everyone's ice cream. Will the kids end up crying, "Hai hai," or cheering, "¡Yupi!"?

Cover of I want Ice Cream!
Elisabetta
Pica
Silvia Borando

Illustrations and simple text follow a young child's colorful journey from disappointment and resistance to acceptance.

Cover of The Watermelon Seed
Greg
Pizzoli

After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.

Cover of Should I Share My Ice Crea
Mo
Willems

Gerald the elephant has a big decision to make, but will he make it in time?

Cover of ¿Debo compartir mi helado
Mo
Willems

 

Gerald el elefante tiene que tomar una gran decisión, pero ¿lo hará a tiempo?

Cover of Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star
Kevin
Henkes

A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that patience, just like a frosty treat, will go a long way.

Books for Preschoolers

Cover of Paletero Man
Lucky
Diaz
Micah Player

Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his money? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now.

Cover of Groovy Joe Ice Cream & Din
Eric
Litwin
Tom Lichtenheld

Groovy Joe is a fun-loving dog with a tub full of ice cream--which he shares with his unexpected dinosaur guests.

Cover of Jose el Chevere Helado y D
Eric
Litwin

José el Chévere comparte su bañera llena de helado con sus invitados inesperados de dinosaurios.

Cover of Pick Me!
Max
Amato

All the different flavors of ice cream believe they are best, and beg to be picked--until Rocky Road tells them that being picked means getting eaten.

Cover of It began with Lemonade
Gideon
Sterer

A spunky young girl decides to sell lemonade on a hot summer day, venturing out all the way to the river's end where she finds some unexpected and fantastical clientele.

Cover of What can You do With a Pal
Carmen
Tafolla

A young Mexican American girl celebrates the paleta, an icy fruit popsicle, and the many roles it plays in her lively barrio.

Cover of ¿Qué puedes hacer con u
Carmen
Tafolla

 

 

 

Books for School-Age

Cover of Un Pregon de Frutas
Margarita
Engle

Cuando visitamos a abuelo, lo ayudo a vender frutas, pregonando los nombres de cada una mientras caminamos: nuestros pasos repican como tambores, nuestras manos, cual maracas, agitan las brillantes siluetas de las frutas mientras cantamos...con ritmo 'Mango limón coco melón naranja toronja plátano piña' ...Vivo lejos de abuelo, pero podemos cantar rimas de ida y vuelta entre nuestros dos países, nuestros versos en papel vuelan como aves cantoras, cada sílaba un abrazo hecho de palabras.

While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.

Cover of When Grandma Gives you a L
Jamie L. B.
Deenihan

When Grandma gives you a lemon tree, definitely don't make a face! Care for the tree, and you might be surprised at how new things, and new ideas, bloom. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In this imaginative take on that popular saying, a child is surprised (and disappointed) to receive a lemon tree from Grandma for her birthday. After all, she DID ask for a new gadget! But when she follows the narrator's careful--and funny--instructions, she discovers that the tree might be exactly what she wanted after all. This clever story, complete with a recipe for lemonade, celebrates the pleasures of patience, hard work, nature, community ... and putting down the electronic devices just for a while.

Cover of Moon Pops
Hŭi-na
Paek

You've heard of the man in the moon, you might have heard that the moon is made of cheese, and you may or may not have heard of the moon rabbit. In Korean folklore, as well as in folklore from other east Asian countries, they tell tales of a rabbit whose great generosity and sacrifice was honored by having his likeness added to the moon. This is a quiet, weird and wonderful book about a sweltering hot summer night--it's too hot to sleep, too hot to do anything. Everyone has their a.c. running, their fridge doors open, and their windows shut to keep the heat at bay. It is so hot, that the moon begins to melt, in slow drips. Granny hears the drips and runs out to catch the falling moon drops in a bucket. Back in her apartment she puzzles over what to do with the melted moon, and an idea pops into her head -a moon pop idea! She decides the best thing to do is to make popsicles. When all of the whirring and buzzing of the a.c.'s and fridges cause a power outage, Granny hands the moon pops out to her neighbors and as they lick the popsicles, something magical begins to happen--the heat melts away. Everyone is finally asleep and happy... Almost everyone, that is. Two rabbits from the moon knock on Granny's door. They come from the moon and their home has melted away! Once again Granny puzzles over what to do until and idea sprouts in her head--a moon sprout idea! She pours the last few moon drops into a flower pot and puts it in the window. Like magic, it blossoms before their eyes and opens to the sky where suddenly the moon appears in a small speck of light, which grows and grows back into the full moon. The rabbits cheer and dance home to the moon, and Granny finally gets some sleep.